Type-writing machine.



J. FELBEL.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.1. 1904.

1,05 3,374. Patented Feu-18, 1913.

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Jason FELBEL, QF New YonKA N. Y., essIeNon ro UNION TYPEWRITEB, COMPANY, oF

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Be it known that I, JACOB FELBEL, citizen of theUnited States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

`This invention relates to improvements in typewriting machines which contain pivoted typebars. It is especially intended for use in front-strike machines. Its object is to i `improve the construction of the pivotal connections between the typebars and their hangers or supprts, and'the means for securing typebar hangers to their supporting The invention consists of the various features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly de- Afined in the appended claims.

In the 'accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals designate like part-s in different views, Figure 1 vis a frontview of fragments of a typebar segment. of a machine, and of typebar hangers attached to the segment, typebars shown in cross-section being pivoted in the hangers; Fig. '2, a vertical cross-section of the segment and a side view of two hangers and typebars mounted thereon; Fig. 8, a' longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, of a hanger with a typebar pivoted therein, the typebar and partsV of the pivotal connection between it and the hanger being out on the l axis of the pivotal connection; Fig. 4, an

enlarged frontiview of a fragment of the segment with hangers affixed to it; and Fig. 511s a top view, partly broken away, of one of the type bars and its hanger.l

Although this invention is applicable to typewriting machines of different styles, 'its utilityis greatest in` front-strike machines containing typebars pivoted to segmentally arranged hangers. It lessens the tendency of pivoted typebars to work loose in consequence of wear on their bearings and of insecurely fastened hangers. Especially in front-strike machines lof the style' above mentionedv is this tendency troublesome. It so affects the typebars next to' and near the ends of the segment 'that the alinement of the writing is liable to be rendered imperspcmeauoxi f :Letters Patent." Patented Feb. 18, 1913. Application mea November 1, 1904. serial No. 230,971'.

' feet before a machine has been long in use.

The weight of a typebar which is next to v.one end of the segment, or between' one vend and the middle of the segment, subjects the pivotal bearings to wearing pressure at the front of the bearing abovethe bar and atthe back of the bearing below the bar. Hence as the bearings wear, the type of the barsag so that they do not reach the true printing point when the typebar is actuated, and whatever the wear may be it impairs the action of the typebar more than the same amount of wear impairs the action of a bar at the middle :of the segment where the wear on the bearings of a lbar is mainly on one side only of its pivotal axis. The character of Wear on the bearings of any bar is aii'ected by the location of the bar. The farther a typebar is from the middle Aof the segment Fthe "more the weight of the typebar causes the bearings to wear and the more does slight wear of the bearings impair the action of the har. l v

Typebar bearings such as form part of the invention herein described are especiallyI t for use in front-strike machines of the style mentioned above, because theyv largely, if not wholly, remedy the evils which result from unevenness and other differences in the wearof the common pivotal typebar bearings, and which affect the alinement of the writing, the touch' of the keys, and the operation of other parts v of the mechanism.

v The segment 1 shown herein has on its front face two concentric projections 2 and 3, in which radial slots 4 are cut, the backs of the slots being even with the flat surface 5 of the segment between the projections 2 and 3. The segment is to be supported inthe 'frame made movable up and down. if desire`d\t0 provide for upper and lower ease writing.

folded on itself, the parts forming the' stem .being riveted together; with'rivets 8, as appears by Fig. 3, or may be composed of two pieces frivetedto,'g ther, as shown in Fig. 4. There ,are hangers of two forms, those of one fform having longer stems than those of theotheigand the 'stem of each hanger `has iri it a bend or transverse eorrugation l9. The long andjshorthangers alternate on of a mach'ne by suitable means andnay be '9L hanger may .be a single piece ofv metal l hangers, and the heads H over apping the upper v one of the segment.

Aers, as indicated in Fi the stems of the long hangers between the heads of the short of the long hangers edges of the short the segment extending he segment by means of inner and outer sets of retaining arrangeer set, and between a tig tly in the slots? ny latter screws overlapping the stem of The curved or corrugated portions 9 of the stems of the hangers aior spaces in which the screws IOXt'between the stems. The rear edges ot' the stems of the hangers fit against the backs 0f the slots 4. the space between the projections 2 and 3 affording room for the corrugations 9. The heads of Y screws 10 and l] may bear immediately on the front edges of the stems of the hangers, be inserted be` screws and the hangg. 4, in which` for example, plates 12 are shown, each plate encompassing screws 10 and 11 and bearing The hangers segment by anger may applied to and removed from'the tween the'heads of the the means described, be easily The pivotal connection typebar 13 and lbetween each its h anger is preferably composed of an axis 14 fixed in the typebar and of co-acting bearings attached to the But the invention hearingsflike the jewel beamngs of watches,

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't e inner set and outer sets of retaining screws, adjacent hangers being secured in their slots stones or substances, an

therein. The jewels 16 of each bearing-are means, such and nt 'l jewels, the bezels in the cheeks 7 of dges of the being contained in holes the hanger. The bezels may be permanently fixed in the hanger, or may e screwed into the cheeks of. the hanger as shown, so as to enable them to be adjusted, and to e removed from the are provided around the holes inv ie ianger, and in the base of each bezel are pin-holes 2O to enable the bezels to be urned with a Spanner-wrench jewel bearingswith bars of a typewriting be broadly new, and which have 4not hitherdesire to secure d outer sets of retaining screws, the stem of each hanger extending between extending between a screw of and a screw ofthe outer set, and said stein being secured in heads of these screws overlapping it.

y three screws, one of these screws being between the stems of the'two hangers and overlapping both stems with' its, head, and the stems of both hangersv being between the two other screws, head of ea'ch of the latter'scrlews overlapping the stem of one of the hangers.

19 which enioo 4. In a typewriting machine, ihe combination of a segmental typebar supp rt provided with concentric projections conta ning radial slots, a system of typebar hangers having stems litting in said slots, the st ms of the hangers being curved between said projections,and retainingscrews whose hi ads overlap the stems of the hangers and scf-ure them in the slots, two of said screws '.eing arranged to act on each hanger.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segmental typebar support provided with concentric projections containing radial slots, a s vstem of typebar hangers having stems tting in said slots, the stemsiof the hangers being curved between said projections, and inner and outer sets of retaining screws whose heads overlap the stems of the hangers and secure them in the slots, two of said screws being arranged to act on each hanger.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segmental t-ypebar support provided with concentric projections containing radial slots, a system of typebar hangers having stems fitting in said slots, the stems of the hangers being curved between said projections, and inner and outer sets of retaining screws, the stem of each hanger extending between a screw of the inner set and a screw of the outer set, and the heads of the screws overlapping-the stems of the hangers and securing 4them in the slots, two of said screws being arranged' to act on each hanger.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a set of type bars that act on the front of the platen, a set of type bar hangers, and a set of connections common to the type bars and hangers and comprising metal plvots, and jewel bearing-blocks having .re-

l cesses in which the pivots fit.

8,. In a typewriting machine,'th combination of a set of type barsthat act on the front of the platen, a set of bifurcated type bar han ers, and a set of connections common to t e type bars and hangersv and conlprising met-al pivots, and jewel bearingblocks having recesses in which the pivots lit, the pivots being fast on the bars, and the i jewels being attached to the branches of the hangers.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combina- 'tion of. a set of type bars that act on the.

front of the platen, a set of bifurcate'd type bar hangers, and a set of connections common to the type bars and hangers and comprising metal "pivots, and jewel bearing` blocks having recesses in which the pivots fit, the pivots being fast on the bars, and the jewels being confined in screw threaded bezels fitting in the branches of thehangers.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segmental typebar-support, a sys teni of typebar hangers thereon, inner and outer sets of retaining screws, the screws of one set alternating in arrangement with th'e screws of the other set, and plates confined between the heads of the screws and stems i of the hangers, each plate encompassing a screw of each set and bearing on three hang'- ers. i

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar having a pivotal portion on each side thereof, and a forked type.

bar hanger having in each fork an adjustable support provided with a jewel bearing, the pivotal portions of the typeba'r and the bearings in the jewels being formed or con-v aber, A. D. 1904..

JACOB FELBEL.

Witnesses E. M. WELLS," M. F. HANNWEBEn. 

